Aricent is the world's #1 pure-play product engineering
services firm. Aricent has 20-plus years experience co-creating
ambitious products with the top networking, telecom, software,
semiconductor, Internet and industrial companies. Smartplay is
engaged in the business of providing services in the semiconductor,
embedded software, and system design segments and provides
pre-silicon, digital and analog chip design services. Smartplay has
a significant global presence in the semiconductor services
segment, with more than 1,200 employees worldwide, and was ranked
as the 2nd largest VLSI design services company in India in 2012.
The acquisition establishes Aricent as the #1 product engineering
services firm in the semiconductor market, with more than 2,000
combined experts and relationships with 17 of the top 20
semiconductor companies.